Archaeology Notes

Event ID 709905

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT13SE 2 1941 3071.

(NT 1941 3071) Font Stone on Supposed Site of St.

Gordian's Kirk (NR)

OS 6" map, Peeblesshire, 2nd ed., (1909).

Font Stone (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1963).

This stone, which has been commonly regarded as a font, is in reality a cross-base. It formerly stood at the road junction midway between Hallyards and Manor Kirk (See NT23NW 30) and now stands on a sandstone pedestal within a small enclosure. The cross-base, of grey sandstone, has been much damaged, particularly the socket which has been enlarged,apparently by battering, to form a rough basin with a notch for overflow. It is now up to 1'7" high and measures 2'2" x 1'10".

The "Coninie Stone" (NT13SE 3) was also kept here between c 1890 and 1934.

(See NT13SE 5 for St. Gordian's Kirk)

RCAHMS 1967, visited 1957.

This cross-base is as described.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS(EGC) 26 June 1961 and (BS) 4 October 1974.